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Presentation of the Annual report on monitoring of the war crime trials
Human rights in Belarus: defenders’ opinion
On 4 March in Vilnius HRH Belarusian human rights defenders presented their vision of the human rights situation in contemporary Republic of Belarus. Fitted into ten written pages it will be included into Universal Periodic Review, which Republic of Belarus as a UN member has to go through in May this year. Representatives of embassies, journalists and everyone interested had a chance to hear out Belarusians.
HRH Sarajevo urges BH authorities to accept the UPR Recommendations
Human Rights House of Sarajevo – HRH Sarajevo, in its letter addressed to the Minister of the Human Rights and Refugees in B&H, Safet Halilovic and to the President of the Council of Ministers of B&H, Nikola Spiric, in behalf of the Informal NGO Coalition for the UPR, expressed the satisfaction over the results and the interactive dialogue during the UPR session of B&H held in late February 2010.
Victim of sexual abuse during the August war in Georgia appeals to the ECHR
On the International Women’s Day the Human Rights Priority and the Caucasian Women’s Network filed a strategic litigation to the ECHR on the case of sexual abuse against a Georgian woman during the August war. The case versus Georgia and Russian Federation.
Паказ фільма: Забойства напярэдадні вясны
Беларускі Дом правоў чалавека і Аб’яднаны цэнтр беларускіх ініцыятыў (JuBIC) ладзяць паказ новай стужкі і сустрэчу з рэжысёрам Вольгай Нікалайчык.
Tibet picket
10 March marks the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan people’s rebellion against the Chinese occupation.
Film screening: Murder at the Dawn of Spring
Belarusian Human Rights House and JuBIC are hosting a screening of a new documentary by Volha Nikalaichyk, followed by a discussion with the film director. “Murder at the Dawn of Spring” (2010) recalls a suicide committed by human rights defender Yana Paliakova on 7 March 2009 in Salihorsk, Republic of Belarus.
‘War on Terror and Human Rights – In Search for Truth and Responsibility’
On December 14, 2010, a one day international conference entitled ‘War on Terror and Human Rights – In Search for Truth and Responsibility’ was held at the Warsaw University Law Faculty premises. The conference was organized by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) in Warsaw under the auspices of the Dean of the Law Faculty of Warsaw University.
Panic in Kenya over Ocampo’s list to ICC
The handing over of list of suspected perpetrators of Kenya’s post-election violence of 2008 to the International Criminal Court, right, judges has caused fear, panic and anxiety across the country especially in areas that were hardest hit by the chaos.
Правы чалавека ў Беларусі: меркаванне праваабаронцаў
4 сакавіка у віленскім Доме правоў чалавека беларускія праваабаронцы прэзентавалі сваё бачанне сітуацыі з правамі чалавека сучаснай Беларусі. Аформленае на дзесяці старонках тэксту, яно будзе ўлічвацца падчас працэдуры Універсальнага перыядычнага агляду (УПА), якую Беларусь, як сябра ААН, будзе праходзіць у траўні цякучага года. У залі прысутнічалі прадстаўнікі амбасадаў, журналісты і ўсе цікаўныя.
HCHR published a map of the activities
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H – HCHR, recently published a map of its activities conducted in year 2009. The map is not only a graphic insight into the HCHR project activities, but also an insight to BH areas in which those projects were implemented.
Megjashi: You should not be silent about the violence
The First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi is conducting a campaign under the slogan “You should not be silent about the violence”. The main goal is to inform the public about the violence issues that the children in FYR Macedonia are facing.